GPI 2010 Friends of Glass • Container Recycling Institute
Company Name
Container Recycling Institute
Website
Contact Information
Susan Collins
Executive Director
director@container-recycling.org
About Container Recycling Institute
CRI is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers.
CRI plays a vital role in educating policy makers, government officials and the general public regarding the social and environmental impacts of the production and disposal of no-deposit, no-return beverage containers and the need for producers to take responsibility for their wasteful packaging.
Glass Container Recycling/Sustainability Achievements
For nearly 20 years, CRI has been a champion of policies that increase recovery and recycling of glass beverage containers, along with containers of other material types. CRI publishes information resources such as the 2009 report, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Single Stream Recycling, which had a strong emphasis on how different recycling systems affect the quality and quantity of recycled glass. CRI also produces the Beverage Market Data Analysis, which details recycling rates for glass and other types of beverage containers, and quantifies how container deposit laws could improve glass recycling.
Future Plans
CRI will continue to expand our research and education efforts. We will continue to prepare and publish new research studies to engage the media and the public on the issue of beverage container recycling. We have added a Facebook page, which has attracted hundreds of members from 19 countries, and we will continue to creatively use new social media approaches to reach new audiences. In 2010, CRI’s Executive Director has given 9 presentations at statewide or national conferences in 5 states, from California to Maine, and CRI will continue to reach out to audiences to share information on the economic, energy and environmental benefits of recycling beverage containers.
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About the institute
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers speak with one voice to advocate industry standards, promote sound environmental policies and educate packaging professionals. GPI member companies manufacture glass containers for food, beverage, cosmetic and many other products. GPI also has associate members that represent a broad range of suppliers and closure manufacturers.
